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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a classic science fiction
novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870. It tells the
story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus as seen from the
perspective of Professor Pierre Aronnax. Jules Gabriel Verne
(February 8, 1828 - March 24, 1905) was a French author who
pioneered the science fiction genre. He is best known for his
novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), Journey to the
Center of the Earth (1864), and Around the World in Eighty Days
(1873). Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travels before
air travel and practical submarines were invented, and before
practical means of space travel had been devised. He is the second
most translated author in the world (after Agatha Christie). Verne
is often referred to as the "Father of Science Fiction," a title
sometimes shared with H. G. Wells.
This heavily illustrated book is an account of a German Arctic
expedition, published in 1873 4 by its commander Karl Koldewey
(1837 1908) and in this English translation in 1874. The states of
northern Germany had a long tradition of trade and exploration in
northern waters. As the German empire came into being, two major
expeditions were launched, both commanded by Koldewey. The second,
of 1869 70, consisted of two vessels, the Germania and the Hansa, a
supply ship. The Hansa became separated in fog, failed to reach the
fallback rendezvous, was icebound, and finally sank, while the crew
survived for nine months on a diminishing ice floe until they
reached the coast of Greenland in their surviving small boats. The
Germania reached the north of Greenland before encountering pack
ice, and was successful in surveying the coast and collecting
botanical specimens, before returning safely in 1870."
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